Wehenga Mercury Whatiwhati, Pupura CFL, me te Whakapainga Korekorero¶

Ko te tuku i te inemahana kirika karaihe tawhito ki runga i te papa kaukau, ka pakaruhia he ngongo rama toa-rama ki roto i te karati, ka whati ranei i te torino Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) i roto i te rūma moenga o te tamaiti ka tuku Merkuri huānga (\(Hg\)) ki to waahi noho. Kaore i rite ki etahi atu konganuku i runga i te whenua, ko te mēkuri huānga he wai mātotoru, he hiriwa i te pāmahana rūma ka whakaeto haere tonu ki roto i te kore e kitea, te haunga, te reka mercury vapor. Ahakoa he iti rawa te wai o te mēkuri e mau ana i te kiri mau mai i te pa poto, te 80 paihēneti o te kohu mēkuri katoa e mau ana ki roto i te toto, ka whiti atu i te arai toto-roro me te placenta ki te whakaeke i te punaha nerve matua me nga whatukuhu.

He aha te mea e huri ai te maringi o te mēkuri iti o te whare ki roto i te aituā whakakino whare mo te maha mano-mano taara, ko te horoinga e te tangata nona te kainga i roto i nga meneti tekau tuatahi. Ko te toro atu ki te kai horoi horoi whare, ki te miihini karetao, ki te hunipa maro ranei ko te hapa kino rawa atu ka taea e koe: ka pa te wai mēkuri ki runga i te papa, ka pakaru ki roto i nga rau o nga poipene miihini (micro-beads). Ka whakamararatia e te puruhi aua pirepire moroiti ki nga kapiti papa papa katoa, ka ngotea e te kai horoi korehau te mēkuri puta noa i tana whare motini hiko wera, whakawerahia me te whakangohu i te mēkuri ki roto i te kariri hau paitini e 100-parahi te pikinga o te hau o roto i te wa e whakakino tonu ai te kaihoroi kia mau tonu te whakakino i te kaihoroi mo ia rūma a muri ake nei ka whakakohu koe i te kohu. Ma te mahi tika i tenei wa tonu, te whakakore i nga tamariki, nga wahine hapu, me nga kararehe ki waho o te ruuma, whakawetohia te punaha whakamahana, whakamahana rangi (HVAC), whakatuwhera i te matapihi o waho kia puta te ruuma mo te 15 meneti i mua i te kuhu, me te whakamahi i nga kaari tohu pakari, riipene riipene piri, me te karu kanohi i raro i te kurupae rama rama taha taha, ka kore e horapa te kino.

Mahia tenei inaianei¶

1. Evacuate all people and pets from the room immediately, walking carefully around the spill zone. Have everyone step out of the room without walking through the broken glass or silvery beads. If anyone stood near the impact when the thermometer or bulb shattered, inspect the bottoms of their shoes and socks immediately before they walk across the rest of the house; if shoe soles have touched the spill area, take those shoes off right at the doorway and place them on a plastic trash bag.
2. Shut off your central heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and portable room heaters. Walk to your wall thermostat and switch your central furnace or air conditioner blower fan from "Auto" or "On" to OFF. Elemental mercury evaporates exponentially faster as room temperature rises; turning off the heat both lowers the room temperature (slowing mercury vaporization) and prevents the HVAC return ducts from sucking mercury vapor out of the spill room and circulating it into bedrooms.
3. Open a window or exterior door to the outdoors and close the interior room door for 10 to 15 minutes. Before you kneel down on the floor to pick up a single piece of glass or mercury bead, open an exterior window in the room (and turn on a bathroom or kitchen exhaust fan only if it vents directly outdoors, never into an attic or recirculating hood), then step out, close the interior door to the rest of the house, and seal the bottom door gap with a towel. Let fresh outdoor air dilute the initial puff of mercury vapor for at least 10 to 15 minutes.
4. Never pour recovered mercury down a sink drain, flush it down a toilet, or wash mercury-contaminated clothing in a washing machine. Elemental mercury is 13.5 times heavier than water. If you dump mercury beads down a sink or toilet, the dense liquid metal sinks straight to the bottom of the U-shaped plumbing P-trap underneath your sink, where it sits forever, slowly off-gassing toxic mercury vapor back up through the drain strainer into your bathroom while poisoning municipal wastewater treatment systems.
5. Gather your non-sparking manual cleanup kit before re-entering the room. While the room airs out for 15 minutes, assemble: nitrile or rubber gloves (never bare hands, and remove gold or silver rings and watches first because mercury instantly dissolves into gold and silver jewelry to form a permanent dull grey amalgam), two stiff index cards or playing cards, an eyedropper or plastic oral medicine syringe, duct tape or wide packing tape, damp paper towels, a bright flashlight, two wide-mouth glass jars with tight metal screw lids (or heavy zip-top plastic bags), and elemental sulfur powder (optional, from a garden store or pharmacy).
6. Check the size of the mercury spill to decide if professional hazmat response is required. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a homeowner can safely clean up a broken CFL or fluorescent tube (1 to 5 milligrams of mercury) or one broken household fever thermometer (500 to 700 milligrams of mercury, roughly the size of a single green pea or pencil eraser) using the manual steps below. If you spilled MORE than the amount in one fever thermometer (such as a broken antique mercury barometer, blood-pressure sphygmomanometer, tilt-switch furnace thermostat, grandfather clock pendulum, or bottle of lab mercury), do NOT attempt DIY cleanup: keep the room sealed and call your local fire department hazmat team, state environmental agency, or Poison Control (1-800-222-1222 in the United States).

Mercury and fluorescent bulb emergency cleanup decision tree¶

Use this step-by-step triage flowchart to choose the exact containment and cleanup protocol based on which mercury-containing item broke and how much mercury was released.

flowchart TD
    Start["Broken Mercury Item or Fluorescent Bulb Indoors"] --> Evac["1. Clear People & Pets from Room;<br/>Check Shoe Soles at Doorway"]
    Evac --> HVAC["2. Whakawetohia te Pūnaha HVAC Central & Heaters;<br/>Whakatuwhera Matapihi o waho & Katia te tatau o roto"]
    HVAC --> VentWait["3. Ventilate Room to Outdoors for 10 to 15 Minutes<br/>Before Entering to Clean"]
    VentWait --> SizeCheck{"4. What item broke?"}

    SizeCheck -->|"A. Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)<br/>or Linear Fluorescent Tube (1 to 5 mg Hg)"| BulbClean["CFL / Fluorescent Tube Protocol:<br/>Scoop glass & white phosphor powder with stiff cardboard;<br/>dab surface with sticky duct tape;<br/>wipe hard floor with damp paper towel"]
    SizeCheck -->|"B. Single Glass Fever or Cooking<br/>Thermometer (0.5 to 1.0 gram Hg)"| ThermSurface{"What surface did liquid<br/>mercury beads land on?"}
    SizeCheck -->|"C. Barometer, Blood Pressure Manometer,<br/>Thermostat Bulb, or Vial (>1 gram / >pea-size)"| MajorHazmat["LARGE MERCURY SPILL (Professional Hazmat Only):<br/>Keep room closed & vented outdoors;<br/>call Fire Dept Hazmat, State EPA, or Poison Control"]

    ThermSurface -->|"Hard non-porous floor<br/>(Tile, vinyl, sealed wood, linoleum)"| HardMercury["Hard Floor Bead Collection:<br/>Darken room & shine flashlight at 10-degree floor angle;<br/>herd beads together with index cards;<br/>suck into eyedropper & dab micro-beads with tape"]
    ThermSurface -->|"Porous carpet, area rug,<br/>or upholstered fabric"| CarpetMercury["Porous Carpet Containment:<br/>NEVER vacuum; cut out contaminated section<br/>of carpet/rug, double-bag, and dispose as hazardous waste"]

    BulbClean --> SealJar["5. Seal Debris, Tape, Cards, and Gloves in Glass Jar or Double Zip-Top Bags"]
    HardMercury --> SulfurDust["Optional: Dust floor cracks with yellow elemental sulfur powder<br/>to bind invisible residue and monitor color change"]
    SulfurDust --> SealJar
    CarpetMercury --> SealJar
    SealJar --> FinalVent["6. Keep Window Open & HVAC Off for 24 Hours;<br/>Deliver Jar to Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Facility"]

Identifying the spill: how much mercury is inside household items?¶

Before you panic over a broken thermometer or light bulb, you need to know two facts first: Does my broken thermometer actually contain mercury at all? and How much mercury is inside the device that broke?

1. Silver liquid vs. red/blue/black liquid in thermometers¶

Nearly all household fever, meat, candy, refrigerator, and outdoor thermometers sold in the United States, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Australia since the early 2000s are mercury-free:

• If the liquid inside the broken thermometer is RED, BLUE, PURPLE, or GREEN: Your thermometer does NOT contain mercury. Colored thermometer liquids are made of harmless dyed alcohol (ethanol), kerosene/petroleum distillate, or citrus-based organic oil. You can clean up a red or blue thermometer exactly like any ordinary broken glass spill using a damp paper towel and soap.
• If the liquid is silvery-white, metallic, and metallic-gray: It is either elemental mercury (\(Hg\)) (found in older pre-2005 thermometers and antique instruments) OR a modern non-toxic Galinstan alloy (a liquid alloy of gallium, indium, and tin used in newer "mercury-free" glass thermometers, which is usually labeled "Geratherm" or "Ga-In-Sn / Mercury-Free" on the thermometer stem).
• Me pehea te korero i te Mercury tuturu i tua atu i a Galistan kino kore i runga i te papa: He tino makuku te mata o te mercury tuuturu: e kore e makuku i te karaehe, i te taera ranei, engari ka hangai i nga pire porowhita porowhita tino pai, porowhita, kore waku e huri ana puta noa i te papa me te pa iti me te kore e waiho he paninga. Ka makuku a Galinstan i nga papa penei i te peita hiriwa maku, ka pania ki nga karaehe me nga taera papa, kaua ki te huri ki nga pirepire. Mena kei te ruarua te whakaaro, me whakaaro tonu ki nga whakarewa wai hiriwa hei mēkuri.

2. Te whakataurite i roto i te Mercury puta noa i nga taonga o te whare¶

Kawa A: Taahi-taahiraa te horoi mo te CFL pakaru, ngongo rewharewha ranei¶

Ina pakaru ana te Rama Korokoro (CFL), he ngongo toa kareoro roa ranei, tata ki te 10 ki te 30 ōrau o tana horopeta mēkuri 1-ki-5-mirikaramu iti ka mawhiti ki te rangi hei kohu i roto i nga haora tuatahi, ko te toenga 70 ki te 90 paiheneti ka mau tonu ki te paura ūkuikui maa e piri ana ki te kaitapa kua pakaru. A pee i te raupapa horoi EPA mana o te US:

Hipanga 1: I mua i te horoi (Te 15-Minute Air-Out)¶

1. Me waiho nga tangata katoa me nga kararehe ki waho o te ruuma me te kore e takahi i te waahi karaihe pakaru.
2. Tuwhera he matapihi, he kuaha o waho ranei ki waho.
3. Whakawetohia te punaha whakamahana hau-a-poka, whakamahana hau (HVAC).
4. Katia te kuaha o roto o te ruma ka waiho kia noho kau te ruma mo 10 ki te 15 meneti kia puta te putanga tuatahi o te kohu mēkuri ki waho.

Hipanga 2: Whakapai i runga i nga mata pakeke (Tapa, rakau maro, vinyl, linoleum)¶

1. Whakamaua te nitrile, karapu rapa ranei (kaua rawa e kohia he karaehe pania ūkuikui me o ringaringa).
2. Kopi, kaua e tahia: Whakamahia kia rua nga wahi o kaata maro, kaari taurangi, he tiihi kirihou maro ranei ki te kohi i nga kongakonga karaihe ka kitea katoa me te paura ūkuikui ma, me ata whakanekehia ki roto i te ** ipu karaihe me te taupoki whakarewa maitai** (he ipu kirihou hiri ranei).
3. Papa ki te riipene riipene piri: Wewetehia nga takai ** riipene riipene, riipene whaanui ranei** ka pehi marie i te taha piri ki runga i te radius 1.5-mita (5-waewae) huri noa i te wehenga ki te tiki i nga maramara karaehe e kore e kitea me te puehu ūkuikui ma. Whakanohoia nga riipene kua whakamahia ki roto i te ipu karaihe.
4. Maku-horoia te papa maro: Horoia rawatia te waahi ki te tauera pepa makuku me te horoi makuku peepi (ma te whakamahi i te paahi kotahi mo ia wahanga) hei hopu i te toenga paura moroiti, ka tuu i nga tauera maku ki roto i te ipu.

Hipanga 3: Whakapai i runga whariki, whariki ranei (Mehemea ka pakaru te CFL ki runga whariki)¶

1. Kohikohia nga kongakonga karaehe nui katoa ma te kaata maataki ka patipatihia nga muka whariki ki te ripene tapiapia hei hiki ake i nga maramara karaihe me te paura ma mai i te moe.
2. Kaua e horoi i te whariki i te wa o te horoi tuatahi. Kia tuwhera tonu te matapihi o te ruma me te punaha HVAC pokapū mo etahi haora.
3. Whakatupato mo te whakamarumaru a meake nei: E ai ki te US EPA, he maha nga wa ka horoi koe i taua whariki i muri i te mahanga, katia te tatau o roto o te ruma, whakatuwheratia te matapihi o waho o te rūma, whakawetohia te waahi, ka tango tonu i te peeke korehau ki waho (ka tuku ranei te ipu ki roto i o ringaringa kua hirihia) me te horoi horoi.

Kawa B: Taahi-taahiraa horoi mo te inemahana mēkuri wai pakaru¶

Ko te horoi i te waimahana huānga wai mai i te inemahota karaihe pakaru me tino tika ake i te rama CFL na te mea kei roto i te inemahana kirika kotahi 100 ki te 500 whakarea ake te mēkuri i te topuku CFL, ka pakaru te mēkuri wai i runga i te pa ki nga pirepire hurihuri iti e haere ana ki runga ki te 3 ki te 5 mita (10 ki te 16 putu) puta noa i te papa maro.

Hipanga 1: Whakaritenga me te rapu "Koki Whakawhanau Moama".¶

1. Whai muri i te whakamahana i te rūma ki waho me te HVAC kia 15 meneti, tangohia nga koura, hiriwa me nga mowhiti konukawata, poroporo me nga mataaratanga i o ringaringa me o ringaringa (ka whakakotahi tonu te mercury ki nga konganuku utu nui), ka whakakakahu ki te ** nitrile, karaka latex ranei**.
2. Whakakiia tetahi ipu karaihe whanui-waha ki te 2 ki te 3 henemita (1 inihi) o te wai noa. (He aha te wai? He 13.5 nga wa te nui ake o te mēkuri huānga i te wai, ā, karekau e rewa ki te wai; ka makahia nga pirepire mēkuri kua kohia ki roto i te ipu me te paparanga wai ki runga ka hanga he potae wai ka mau i te mēkuri ki raro o te ipu, ka aukati i te whakaeto ki te rangi i nga wa katoa ka whakatuwherahia e koe te taupoki i te wa horoi.)
3. Whakawetohia nga rama o runga rūma ka pupuri i te rama rama rama maramara whakapae tika ki te papa i te koki 5- ki te 10-tohu ngahere:
4. Ko nga pirepire mercury wai he rite ki nga whakaata porowhita iti. Ahakoa nga pirepire moroiti iti ake i te witi tote ka ** kanapa me te kanapa noa** puta noa i te papa ka whiti whakapae te kurupae rama ki te mata o te papa.
5. Rapua he porowhita whanui i te iti rawa 3 ki te 5 mita (10 ki te 16 putu) ki nga huarahi katoa mai i te wahi i heke iho ai te ine wera, tae atu ki raro i nga papa papa, nga waewae radiator, me nga whana maihao o te rūnanga.

Hipanga 2: Kahui ka kohia nga pirepire mēkuri wai (Kaari + Eyedropper + Tape)¶

1. Kohikohia nga maramara karaehe pakaru i te tuatahi: Whakamahia he tweezers, he kaari tohu ranei hei tiki i te kakau inemahana karaehe pakaru me te tuu i te karaihe ki roto i to ipu tuku hiri.
2. Whakakotahihia nga pirepire kahui ma te whakamahi i nga kaari tohu pakari:
3. Puritia kia rua 3-ma-5-inihi pepa taupū kaari, kaari takaro, kaari pepa kirihou maro ranei ki te koki iti 30-tohu ki te papa.
4. Use slow, gentle pushing strokes to herd smaller mercury droplets toward the center until they touch and coalesce into one larger silver puddle (move slowly so beads do not roll away at high speed).
5. Suck up the pooled mercury with a plastic eyedropper or oral syringe:
6. Squeeze the rubber bulb of a medicine eyedropper (or pull back the plunger of a needleless plastic oral syringe) while holding the tip almost flat against the floor at the edge of the mercury bead.
7. Tukua ata te topuku ki te kumea te wai mēkuri ki roto i te pito whakamatapa, mauhia he tauera pepa haukū i raro i te pito o te topata i a koe e hiki ana, ka kohia te mēkuri ki raro tonu kei raro i te apa wai ki roto i to ipu tuku karaihe. (Whakanohoia te karu kua poke ki roto i te peeke tuku ina oti.)
8. Capture microscopic beads with sticky tape or shaving cream:
9. Shine your flashlight across the floor again. For tiny micro-beads stuck in tile grout lines or hardwood seams that the eyedropper cannot suck up, wrap sticky duct tape or masking tape (sticky side out) around your gloved fingers and dab gently over the area, or dab using a small brush coated in white shaving cream, placing the tape and paper towels into your sealed jar.

Step 3: Optional chemical binding and detection with sulfur powder¶

Emergency hazmat teams and environmental agencies use elemental sulfur powder (flowers of sulfur), sold inexpensively at pharmacies and garden centers as a soil acidifier/fungicide, after picking up all visible mercury beads:

• How sulfur works: Yellow sulfur powder does two helpful things on a mercury-contaminated floor:
• First, it coats microscopic mercury droplets so they stop evaporating into the air, and slowly reacts chemically with elemental mercury (\(Hg + S \rightarrow HgS\)) to form non-volatile mercuric sulfide (cinnabar).
• Second, when yellow sulfur powder touches invisible traces of mercury in a floor crack, the powder changes color from bright yellow to dark brown or black, revealing hidden pockets of mercury you missed.
• How to apply: Lightly dust yellow sulfur powder over the spill zone and rub it gently into floor cracks with a damp paper towel, then wipe up the powder with damp paper towels and seal all towels inside your disposal jar.

Step 4: What to do if liquid mercury spilled onto carpet, rugs, or upholstery¶

If a glass fever thermometer breaks directly onto a carpet, area rug, bath mat, blanket, or upholstered chair, it is physically impossible to remove liquid mercury micro-beads from porous fabric fibers, and leaving them in the carpet creates a permanent indoor vapor source:

1. Never vacuum the carpet, and never put a mercury-contaminated bath mat, rug, or piece of clothing into a household washing machine or clothes dryer. Washing mercury-contaminated fabric contaminates the washing machine drum and drain pump and flushes toxic mercury into your septic system or municipal sewer, while putting it in a hot clothes dryer vaporizes the mercury into a concentrated toxic cloud inside your laundry room.
2. If the spill occurred on a removable throw rug, bath mat, blanket, or pair of shoes, fold the item carefully inward to trap the beads, seal it inside two layers of heavy-duty 6-mil plastic trash bags taped shut with duct tape, and dispose of it as hazardous waste.
3. If the spill occurred on wall-to-wall carpeting, use a utility knife to cut out the contaminated section of carpet and the foam carpet padding underneath it, fold it inward, double-bag it in heavy plastic, and clean the hard subfloor underneath using the flashlight and index-card protocol above.

Health risks and medical triage: what symptoms to watch for¶

Ma te mohio ki te urunga o te mercury ki roto i te tinana ka awhina koe ki te wehewehe i waenga i te whakapiri iti morearea me te ohorere hauora pono.

• Te pa atu ki te wai mēkuri mo te wa poto me te kiri mau: Ko te mēkuri huānga he iti te uru ki te kiri mau tonu. Mena ka pa atu koe, he tamaiti ranei mo te wa poto ki te pirepire mēkuri hiriwa, tangohia nga mea whakapaipai katoa, horoia nga ringa me o ringaringa ki te wai mahana me te hopi, kaua e mataku.
• Ka horomia ohorere te wai mēkuri (hei tauira, ka ngaua e te tamaiti te topuku mai i te inemahana kirika karaihe):
• Tuatahi, tirohia te waha me te arero o te tamaiti mo nga maara iti o te karaihe ka horoi me te tuwha ki te wai.
• Ko te mea miharo, ko Merkuri huānga wai parakore (\(Hg0\)) he tino ngoikore te ngongo (iti iho i te 0.01 paiheneti) e te wahi gastrointestinal hauora; Mena ka horomia tetahi pirepire iti mai i te ine wera kirika, ka haere ma te kino ki roto i te kohanga kunatu i roto i te kumete i roto i nga ra maha kaore e paina ki te tinana (he rereke ki te tote mēkuri parakore ranei methylmercury, he tino paitini ina horomia).
• Waea wawe tonu ki te Poison Control (1-800-222-1222 i te United States, 1-844-764-7669 i Kanata, 111 i te United Kingdom, 13 11 26 i Ahitereiria, i to rohe ranei tau ohorere) kia taea e te kaimatai paitini te arotake mena ka hiahiatia he X-ray mo nga tamariki ki te whakakore i te karaehe aspirated me te mercury i mau ki roto i te taapiri.
• Te hongi i te kohu mēkuri (Te tino mōrearea):
• Ko te manawa o te hau i roto i te ruma karekau, ka wera i te wahi i maringi te wai mēkuri (ina koa mena ka horoi te tangata i te maringi, ka waiho ranei nga pirepire ki raro i te radiator papaarangi) ka paheketanga ** ka paihana kohu mēkuri iti ranei**.
• Ko nga tohu o te hauhautanga nui (i roto i nga haora o te maatanga o te kohu nui): Te reka o te konganuku ki te waha, te mahunga, te makariri, te kirika, te poto o te manawa, te kopu o te uma, te maremare, te nausea, me te ruaki.
• Nga tohu o te ngongo o raro / mau tonu (ra ki nga wiki o te manawa i te kohu o te ruma poke): He wiri pai o nga ringa me nga kamo, te pukuriri, te tino whakama, te rereke ranei o te ngakau (erethism), te ohoroa, te kiri mawhero/whero mamae mamae i runga i nga nikau me nga kapu o nga waewae i roto i nga tamariki nohinohi (**pinklamynia) /.
• Whakamatau rongoa: Ki te whakapae koe he nui te ngohanga kohu (penei i te kitenga i te inemahana pakaru kua whakakorehia i nga ra ki muri), toro atu ki to rata, ki te pokapū whakahaere paihana a-rohe ranei ki te tono 24-haora te whakamatautau mimi mēkuri (te paerewa koura mo te whakamohiotanga o te kohu mēkuri tuatahi) he whakamātautau mēkuri toto rānei.

Te whakakorenga haumaru o te mēkuri kua kohia me te whakamahana i muri i te horoi¶

1. Tapanga me te penapena i te ipu hiri ki waho: Whakanohoia te ipu karaihe hiri kei roto nga pirepire mēkuri, karaihe pakaru, rīpene, kāri taupū, me ngā karapu nitrile ki roto i te pueke kirihou-runga taimaha tuarua, rīpene katia, ka hoatu he panui tapanga marama: "DANGER: CONTAINS ELEMENTAL MERCURY / BROKEN THERMOMETER, DO NOT OPEN". Whakaorangia te ipu ki waho i roto i te whare raka, i te karati ranei kia kore e taea e nga tamariki me nga kararehe tae noa ki te taka.
2. Kaua rawa e makahia te mēkuri wai ki roto i te para o te whare, i nga ipu hangarua ranei: Ina pakaruhia e te taraka paru tetahi putea kei roto te inemahana mēkuri pakaru, ka tahuna ranei te para ki roto i te tahu parapara a te taone nui, ka ngohu te mēkuri ki roto i te kōhauhau, ka tau ki roto ki nga roto me te moana, ka huri hei neurotoxic methylmercury kei roto ika. Waea atu ki to kaunihera, ki to taone ranei Whare Hazardous Waste (HHW) whare, tari ahi, me te kaupapa tango-whakahoki rongoa a-rohe ranei mo te whakakorenga kore utu.
3. Kia mau te hau o te ruma mo te iti rawa 24 haora: I muri i te mahi horoi a-ringa, kia tuwhera te matapihi o waho (me te powhiri pouaka matapihi e pupuhi ana i te hau o roto whakawaho ma te matapihi mena e waatea ana) ka kati te tatau o roto o te ruma ** mo te iti rawa 24 haora ** i mua i te tuku tamariki me nga wahine hapu ki te moe i roto i te ruma.

Pātai auau¶

He aha te mea tino kino ki te whakamahi i te kai horoi korehau i runga i te inemahana mēkuri pakaru, te umanga CFL ranei?¶

Ka ngotea e te kai horoi korehau nga topata mēkuri, te paura ūkuikui whakakikoruatia ranei ki te mercury, ka wera te rere o te hau tere me te motika hiko korehau wera me te whakakorikori i te konganuku wai, ka huri tonu hei kohu mercury paitini e kore e kitea, karekau he hongi, ka pupuhi mai i te tātari ngongo o te korehau ki roto i te hau ruuma i te 100 nga wa ka rukea ake ki te 100 nga wa ka rukea ake ki te hau. Ko te mea kino rawa atu, ka whakakikoruatia te roto o te ngongo ngongo mēkuri, impeller, me te whare motopaika, ka huri te kaihoroi ki roto i te miihini kohu mēkuri pūkoro pūmau ka whakapoke ano i to whare i nga wa katoa ka whakakaohia a muri ake nei.

Me pehea taku mohio mehemea kei roto i taku inemahana pakaru he mercury paitini, he waipiro kore-paitini ranei?¶

Titiro ki te tae o te wai i roto i te kakau karaihe, i runga ranei i te papa: mena he whero te wai, he puru, he papura, he kakariki, he pango ranei, he waipiro kore mēkuri, he inemahana wairua waiora ranei e noho kino ana te kohu mēkuri ka taea te muru ki te hopi me te wai i muri i te kohi i te karaihe. Ko nga ine wera anake kei roto he wai kanapa, konganuku, hina-hinahina ka hanga porotaka, pirepire konganuku hurihuri kei roto i te mēkuri huānga (i etahi wa ko te koranu gallium kore-paitini hou e kiia nei ko Galistan, he paninga penei i te peita hiriwa maku i runga i te karaihe, kaua ki te huri ki roto i nga poro kore waku).

Ka aha mehemea ka ngau ohorere taku tamaiti i te inemahana mēkuri ka horomia he pirepire mēkuri iti?¶

Tuatahi, ata tirotirohia te waha me nga ngutu o to tamaiti mo nga maramara karaehe ririki, ka horoi me te tuwha ki te wai, katahi ka waea atu ki a Poison Control (1-800-222-1222 i Amerika), ki to taakuta ranei. Ma te whakatenatena, ka ngongo te wai parakore i te 0.01 paihēneti e te ara kūnatu hauora, no reira ko te pirepire iti i horomia mai i te ine wera kirika tata tonu ka pahemo kino ki roto i nga whekau i roto i te kumete i roto i nga ra torutoru kaore e paina te mercury; Ko te tino kino mai i te inemahana pakaru ko te whakaha i te kohu mēkuri e kore e kitea e waiho ana i runga i te papa, i te whariki ranei ki te kore e horoia paitia te maringi.

Ka taea e au te whakamahi tonu i taku kaihoroi korehau mena ka rukea e au te ine wera mercury pakaru?¶

Kao, mena i whakamahia e koe he kai horoi horoi whare ki te ngongo i te mēkuri huānga wai mai i te inemahana kirikaa pakaru, te whakamarumaru, te paaromita ranei, ka tohutohu nga tari hauora taiao (tae atu ki te US EPA me te ATSDR) kia kore e taea e te kai horoi korehau te whakakino haumaru na te mea ka noho te wai mēkuri ki roto i nga awhiowhio wera me nga ngongo ngongo. Me unu tonu koe i te korehau, kawe ki waho, hiritia te katoa o te kai horoi korehau ki roto i nga peeke paru kirihou taumaha, ka whakapa atu ki to mana whakahaere o te Whare Taonga Whakamate (HHW) o to rohe, ki te tari hauora kawanatanga ranei mo nga tohutohu tuku, kaua ki te whakahaere ano i roto i te whare.

Kua tirohia nga puna¶

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA): He aha te mahi mena ka whati te Thermometer Mercury, Te Whakapai i te CFL kua pakaru (Rama Whakaata Whakaitihia), me te Nga Mahinga, Te Whakakore me te Whakapai i te Pae o Elemental Mercury.
• ** Te Tari mo nga Taonga Toxic me te Rehitatanga Mate (ATSDR / CDC, United States):** Toxicological Profile for Mercury, Medical Management Guidelines (MMG) for Acute Elemental Mercury Vapor Exposure, me Residential Mercury Spill Action Levels.
• World Health Organization (WHO): Whakaatu ki te Mercury: He Awangawanga Nui mo te Hauora a te iwi me te arataki mo te whakakore i nga inemahana kirika kei roto i te mercury me te sphygmomanometers i raro i te Huihuinga Minamata.
• Hauora Canada (Kanata): Mercury i roto i to Taiao: Horoi i nga Putunga Mercury Iti me nga Rama Korewharewha Kiato kua pakaru.
• ** UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) me National Poisons Information Service (NPIS, United Kingdom):** Mercury Incident Management, Domestic Spill Decontamination, and Toxicological Overview.
• Te Tari Hauora o Niu Ioka me te Pokapü Whakahaere Parahanga o Minnesota: Te Whakapai i te Whare Iti i Te Mahinga Mercury Whare (te tirotiro i te koki-koki rama rama, te here paura whanariki, me nga ture tuku whariki poke).

Nga kaiarahi e pa ana¶

• Nga maringi matū: te pupuri whare me te hazmat
• Te paihana awhina tuatahi me nga kawa Whakahaere Paihana
• Ko te papa tunu kai kua pakaru, te Pyrex kua pakaru, me te karaihe pakaru i roto i te kai
• Ko te whakararurarutanga o te asbestos, te puehu mata, me te whakakitenga nui o te radon
• Whaiaronga nama ohorere